[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 110, Issue 28

[Dave Barr]

Dick, I'm sorry I didn't work you in the WPX to see if my exchange was 
received ok on the first try.   I have been running qrp in rtty contests 
for 12 years or so, and normally I get less than 5% repeat requests.  
This WPX was a little tougher, especially on 40 meter, where there were 
quite a few repeat requests from NA stations, but virtually none from 
EU, AF, SA & Caribbean.  Perhaps the skip was too long.

If we are are going to award more points for working a qrp station, then 
we also should get extra points for working SO2Rs since I imagine when 
one calls a station with a 5 second CQ  and a 1 second pause for 4 or 5 
cycles without responding to you and then all of a sudden does respond, 
he or she may actually be an SO2R working someone on another band, 
causing you a significant wait.  And  maybe QRPers should get more 
points for their qsos, as they do in Field Day.

Why run QRP?  It's fun (which is what this is all about), it's a 
challenge, it saves electricity, and it doesn't bother you so much if 
the station you're calling comes back to someone else first.

73,  Dave, K2YG (qrp but never sign it)

On 2/13/2012 9:58 PM, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:39:50 -0500 (EST)
> From:RLVZ at aol.com
> Subject: [RTTY] More QRP Categories?
> To:rtty at contesting.com
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> I personally am all in favor of more QRP... but I'd really really like to
> see the station that copies the exchanges  from QRP stations receive extra
> points for the QSO.   It's  often time consuming to receive an exchange from a
> QRP station and the  receiving station deserves extra points.
>
> During last weekends WPX-RTTY Test... I had a lot of noise on  40 and 80
> meters and had trouble copying many 100 watt stations.
>
> So if your "twisting arms" for more QRP categories, please  also twist
> their arms to offer the receiving station extra points for each QRP  station
> worked.   I would  think the automatic log checker could easily add those QRP
> Bonus  Points automatically when Cabrillo files are used.
>
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM